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Liverpool FC closing in on £8m deal for Fabio Borini

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Liverpool are reportedly closing in on a deal for Italy international striker Fabio Borini - just a couple of weeks after he joined Roma.

Borini, who has had spells at Chelsea and Swansea, spent last season on loan at Roma and signed for them on a permanent deal at the end of last month.

But according to BBC Sport, Liverpool are closing in on the 21-year-old in a deal worth in the region of £8million.

Talks between the two clubs are still ongoing, but the news came just hours after Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers revealed he was hoping to announce a new signing before the end of the week.

Speaking to reports on Monday, the former Swansea boss had said: "The reality is we've made three or four enquiries. Hopefully we'll get one tied up this week.

"I will never speak about targets and possible players. There has been a whole raft of players linked but there are very few that are actual real targets."

After a permanent switch from Parma to the Stadio Olimpico went through last month, Borini had claimed he had no plans to leave Italy and move to Merseyside.

"I am a Roma player," he said.

"It’s not my business that there is talk about whether I go there [Liverpool] or stay.

"It doesn’t matter to me, I am Roma."

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